diff --git a/man/busctl.xml b/man/busctl.xml
index e4c7fcb283..328c101622 100644
--- a/man/busctl.xml
+++ b/man/busctl.xml
@@ -140,6 +140,16 @@
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>--xml-interface</option></term>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>When used with the <command>introspect</command> call, dump the XML description received from
+          the D-Bus <constant>org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable.Introspect</constant> call instead of the
+          normal output.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>--json=</option><replaceable>MODE</replaceable></term>
 
diff --git a/src/busctl/busctl.c b/src/busctl/busctl.c
index 02f12dc701..86efc02bd8 100644
--- a/src/busctl/busctl.c
+++ b/src/busctl/busctl.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ static size_t arg_snaplen = 4096;
 static bool arg_list = false;
 static bool arg_quiet = false;
 static bool arg_verbose = false;
+static bool arg_xml_interface = false;
 static bool arg_expect_reply = true;
 static bool arg_auto_start = true;
 static bool arg_allow_interactive_authorization = true;
@@ -948,6 +949,12 @@ static int introspect(int argc, char **argv, void *userdata) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return bus_log_parse_error(r);
 
+        if (arg_xml_interface) {
+                /* Just dump the received XML and finish */
+                puts(xml);
+                return 0;
+        }
+
         /* First, get list of all properties */
         r = parse_xml_introspect(argv[2], xml, &ops, members);
         if (r < 0)
@@ -2255,6 +2262,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 ARG_SIZE,
                 ARG_LIST,
                 ARG_VERBOSE,
+                ARG_XML_INTERFACE,
                 ARG_EXPECT_REPLY,
                 ARG_AUTO_START,
                 ARG_ALLOW_INTERACTIVE_AUTHORIZATION,
@@ -2284,6 +2292,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 { "list",                            no_argument,       NULL, ARG_LIST                            },
                 { "quiet",                           no_argument,       NULL, 'q'                                 },
                 { "verbose",                         no_argument,       NULL, ARG_VERBOSE                         },
+                { "xml-interface",                   no_argument,       NULL, ARG_XML_INTERFACE                   },
                 { "expect-reply",                    required_argument, NULL, ARG_EXPECT_REPLY                    },
                 { "auto-start",                      required_argument, NULL, ARG_AUTO_START                      },
                 { "allow-interactive-authorization", required_argument, NULL, ARG_ALLOW_INTERACTIVE_AUTHORIZATION },
@@ -2388,6 +2397,10 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         arg_verbose = true;
                         break;
 
+                case ARG_XML_INTERFACE:
+                        arg_xml_interface = true;
+                        break;
+
                 case ARG_EXPECT_REPLY:
                         r = parse_boolean(optarg);
                         if (r < 0)